Word: kicked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that of a young conscript named Reza Bakhshabadi, who held his submachine gun at a level lower than usual. The Shah, trained in arms, was well aware of the technique of firing an automatic weapon: start shooting low and then raise your aim-if you take dead aim the kick of recoil makes shots go too high for accuracy...
...though the students insisted that the "spirit of April [1960] is still alive," it hardly had the same kick this year. For one thing, the army, unlike the last time, is thoroughly on the side of Park and the government. So far the students have rallied little support from their elders, who seem bored with the riots and largely acquiescent in Park's deal with Japan, which guarantees Korea significant new quantities of Japanese trade...
...their annual convention in Washington last week, the American Society of Newspaper Editors invited TV Newscaster David Brinkley to speak his mind about the newspaper business. If they expected a kick in the shins, the editors were surprised by a pleasant pat on the back. Reporters, said Brinkley, are always asking him whether TV will ever replace the newspaper. "That is the silliest thing I ever heard of," he said. "Most of the news in the papers we cannot cover and we never will be able to. When it comes to covering news in any kind of detailed...
This caused us little inconvenience, however, because an unknown computer operator had previously discovered that one swift kick at the center of the random access unit and precisely two feet off the floor would keep the computer still for weeks. Familiarity does breed contempt -even for computers...
...once in office, the new city councilmen began bickering among themselves. For mayor, they picked Juan Cornejo, who made enemies right and left. At one point Cornejo tried to kick out one of his own PASO councilmen, Manuel Maldonado, because he owed $2.98 in back city taxes. A court ruled he could not be fired. Three other councilmen resigned. By the time election rolled around last week Cornejo and Maldonado were the only two PASOs left-and they were hardly in public favor. Crystal Citizens therefore elected a five-man slate put up by the Anglo-organized Citizens' Association...